Fruit-juice separator



l June 16, 1925.

1,542,771 L. N. HILLS FRUIT JUICE SEPRATOR Filed Feb. e. 1922 VENTOR' ATTORNEY Patented .lune 1,6, 1925.

vLOUIS N. HILLS, F HAYBRO, COLORADO.

FRUIT-JUICE SPARATOR.

Application led February 6, 1928. Serial No. 534,482.

To all whe/m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis N. HILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haybro, in the county of Routt and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Juice separators, of which the following is a` specification.

This invention relates to and seed separator and has for its primary object the construction and association of parts whereby the above elements may be separated by centrifugal action.

An object of the invention is the provision of removable screens so that fruit of diferent size may b'e separated and properly taken Y care of.

A feature of my invention is the novel manner of constructing and supporting the inner cylinder and arranging the wire screen therein in such manner that the same will not become dislocated.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following' detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying .drawing wherein: e

Y Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Flg. 1. y

Fig. 3 is a detail view of fa portion of a screen of a larger mesh than the screen shown in Fig. 1.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many constructions of my invention the numeral 1 designates a easing to which is attached the clamps 2 by means of which the casing may be secured in place. This casing encloses the drive mechanism 3 Vconsisting of a main sha 4 supported by the crank arm 5 and to which is secured the main drive gear 6. It is of course to be understood that the main shaft Y ma be power driven. This gear 6 meshes wlth a small gear 7 on the mtermediate shaft 8. -This intermediate shaft 8 has mounted thereon a worin wheel 9 engaging a worm 10 of the proper itch' to be operated by the worm wheel 9. is worm 10 is formed on a vertical shaft 11 that is bearing 12.

The numeral 13 designates an outer cylinder forming a portion of and projecting abovexthe casing '1. This cylinder- 13 is proprovided with a foot -a fruit juice, pulp vided with an outlet 14. The inner cylinder 15 is easily removed from the u per end of the shaft to facilitate cleaning. he peri heral surface of the cylinderv is. provided with a series of slots 17 which may be of any number and size. A

The numeral 18 designates a removable screen arranged within the completely closing the slots.

very important feature of my vinvention is that two or more screens will be provided of different mesh so that juices of different consistenc ma be ro er1 taken care of. These scrZens 5are libldp y displacement in a novel manner now to be described.

A cover 19 is provided with an outer lian e 20 engaging the outer cylinder and is furt er provided with an inner Hange 21 encircling the upper part of the inner cylinder to cooperate w1th the shaft to accommodate proper rotation of the inner cylinder. It will also be noted that the cover is so arranged with relation to the screen that the same cannot rise vertically and become displaced. To complete the invention I provide the knob 22 for moving the cover.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be apparent that I provide an appacylinder and* against accidental ratus that is of simple, substantial construction that will positively remove juices by centrifugal action and allow same to pass from the outlet 14 into a suitable rece tacle. By the use of removable screens `of di erent mesh I can accomplish the foregoing in a most efficient manner possible.

It is, of course, to be understood thaty the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto a pended.

Having thus described my inventlon what I claim is:

A juice separator comprising a casing, an outer cylinder upstanding therefrom, rive mechanism mounted in the casing including a crank handle arranged exteriorly of the casing, a vertical shaft having connection with said drive mechanism, an inner cylinder mounted within the outer cylinder and supported for rotation by said shaft, said inner cylinder having its walls arranged in equal spaced relation with the outer cylinder and provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots arranged circumferentially thereof and disposed in alignment above and below the 5 horizontal center of the cylinder, a removable screen supported by the inner cylinder, a cover for the outer cylinder having deweaver pending anges arranged in spaced relation with the outer flange engaging the inner wall of the outer cylinder and the inner flange engaging the outer wall of the inner cylinder.

In testunony whereof I aiix my signature. 

